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Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Actor · 1919 – 1995 · Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Donald Henry Pleasence OBE (October 5, 1919 – February 2, 1995) was an English actor who gained more than 200 screen credits during a career which spanned over four decades. Often typecast as villainous and/or psychopathic characters, Pleasence is arguably best-known for his work in two of cinema's most successful franchises - James Bond and Halloween.

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  • Movie7.6

    Halloween

    1978 · 6.4K votes

  • Movie6.6

    You Only Live Twice

    1967 · 2.6K votes

  • Movie7.0

    Escape from New York

    1981 · 3.7K votes

  • Movie7.9

    The Great Escape

    1963 · 2.9K votes

  • Movie6.6

    Halloween II

    1981 · 2.3K votes

  • Movie5.3
  • Movie6.2
  • Movie5.2
  • Movie6.8

    Prince of Darkness

    1987 · 1.2K votes

  • Movie6.7

    Fantastic Voyage

    1966 · 513 votes

  • Movie6.7
  • Movie6.8

    Phenomena

    1985 · 945 votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Eagle Has Landed

    1976 · 397 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Soldier Blue

    1970 · 233 votes

  • Movie6.8

    The Count of Monte-Cristo

    1975 · 199 votes

  • Movie6.4
  • Movie6.8

    The Night of the Generals

    1967 · 189 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Shadows and Fog

    1991 · 414 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Dracula

    1979 · 293 votes

  • Movie4.3

    Buried Alive

    1989 · 23 votes

  • Movie7.5

    ...altrimenti ci arrabbiamo!

    Watch Out, We're Mad

    1974 · 905 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Wake in Fright

    1971 · 354 votes

  • Movie7.1

    The Thief and the Cobbler

    1993 · 145 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Breakdown: 1975

    2025 · 32 votes

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  • TV6.9

    Saturday Night Live

    1975 · 527 votes

  • TV8.1

    Columbo

    1971 · 858 votes

  • TV6.6

    Play for Today

    1970 · 10 votes

  • TV7.3

    The Fugitive

    1963 · 63 votes

  • TV7.2

    Hawaii Five-O

    1969 · 164 votes

  • TV
  • TV5.3

    Wogan

    1982 · 7 votes

  • TV8.5

    The Twilight Zone

    1959 · 1.1K votes

  • TV6.3

    The Defenders

    1961 · 11 votes

  • TV5.7

    One Step Beyond

    1959 · 15 votes

  • TV7.1

    Screen Two

    1985 · 7 votes

  • TV5.2

    The Wednesday Play

    1964 · 5 votes

  • TV7.0

    Playhouse

    1974 · 1 votes

  • TV7.8

    The Outer Limits

    1963 · 164 votes

  • TV6.4
  • TV4.3

    Thirty-Minute Theatre

    1965 · 8 votes

  • TV6.9

    The Ray Bradbury Theater

    1985 · 37 votes

  • TV3.5

    Sunday Night Theatre

    1950 · 2 votes

  • TV7.3

    Danger Man

    1960 · 25 votes

  • TV7.9
  • TV4.0

    ITV Play of the Week

    1955 · 5 votes

  • TV7.5
  • TV7.3

    Interpol Calling

    1959 · 4 votes